Jean Tourrilhes On Linux Wireless LAN 143
mcleodnine writes "Jean Tourrilhes of the Linux Wireless LAN Howto project took some time to answer a few questions from members at LinuxQuestions.org. Among some of the more interesting commments was his pick of best and worst Open Source friendly vendors ('Some of those TI engineers even sent me e-mails criticising some features of the Wireless Extensions'), an opinion or two about the Next Big Thing in wireless (MIMO), and a poke in the eye for OS zealots of any religion."
Who says the French are arrogant? (Score:4, Funny)
It's hard to describe those comics to non-french speakers, because the french-speaking comic culture is vastly more diverse, mainstream and serious than in other languages (either manga or US comics), and this precise type of comic has no equivalent.
I don't think so. Nope, not one bit.
Best wireless card for linux? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:OS Zealotry (Score:4, Funny)
Agreed, as long as it is OpenBSD.
Re:Who says the French are arrogant? (Score:5, Funny)
He's not being arrogant.
He's simply pointing out that like 100% of Manga consists of drawings of blue-haired, pumpkin-headed screamers with eyes the size of dinner plates, with very little variation.
Sorry he insulted your porn, btw.
Cheers,
Bowie
Oh Please, BSD is dying (Score:3, Funny)
haven't you heard? BSD is dying!!! I know, I read it on Slashdot.
Re:OS Zealotry (Score:1, Funny)
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Re:OS Zealotry (Score:4, Funny)
Agreed, as long as it is OpenBSD.
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Solution to zealotry (Score:5, Funny)
Now, where was I on this A1200...
Vendor Zealotry or Ignorance? (Score:4, Funny)
I ignored the advice and bought the card anyway. (Of course I had done some research beforehand...enough to know it possibly worked, anyway) I got it running with the wlan-ng drivers.
Later on when I had more money, I decided to get me a laptop. Again, did my homework to see what would and wouldn't work. Again, a trip to best buy encountered a tech/sales guy -- whom I asked the question "will it run Linux?" After spouting off a few acronyms of certifications he has, he proceeds to tell me that Bill Gates has bought Linux and that we won't even be talking about it a year from now (he's got about 2 months left of that year...better act fast!) Then if I wanted to run a linux server on a laptop (no I don't want to run a server...just a desktop -- 'um, same thing') -- that it would be really slow. The only hope I have of running it comfortably would be on an Alienware system.
"So why don't you want to run XP?" "It's got a large system requirement, it has serious security issues, and overall I can't say I like it." "Have you looked into using XP Pro?" "Um, I already don't want to pay for the OS, you're recommending I pay MORE instead?" "Well, XP Pro isn't going to cost you that much more..." "Thank you for your time. I think I'm going to go home and rethink my strategy."
Went home thinking "jackass" and proceeded to get a Dell...which I'm using to write this post...now on a machine running Mandrake 10CE...with all the functionality I need.
Zealotry or ignorance? I'm not sure. To this day I smile whenever I go into a Best Buy -- thinking I should pick up a piece of hardware and ask whether it works with Linux just for the stories they may give me.